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by Dr. Mark Eckel on May 19
Opposites, or so they seem, can both be true. Smeagol-Gollum best captures our nature as humans. The one-and-the-same character from Lord of The Rings is a picture of the internal struggle we all face. Explaining our Smeagol-Gollum nature to students over many years, I teach two “D” words: dignity-depravity. I hyphenate the two terms to suggest that they are one-and-the-same within all of us. We protect life because all people are conceived with worth, value, and dignity. We protect people from other people because all people are also conceived with inherent corruption, disobedience, and sin. Both protections are true at the same time. Smeagol-Gollum expresses the truth: humans are great and great sinners.... Keep Reading
Burmese Refugee: "I want to preach"
by Elizabeth Meyer on April 10
Pastor Mange of the Flam Christian Church located on the southside of Indianapolis, brought a group of young ethnic Chin men with him to visit Crossroads. ... Keep Reading
